Harding High School - Acorn Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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LAWRENCE HARRIS WILSON S E Hi-Y Club 1, Z5 Band 1, 2, 35 Orchestra 2, 35 Basketballg Baseball 2. 3. WILLIAM EDWARD WILSON nED,, Band 33 Senior Hi-Y Club 1g Lost and Found Committee lg State Music Contest 13 Intramu al Basketball Champs. ' WILLIAM DEXTER WINGATE, JR. 6KWILLIE,' Football 1, 2, 3, Co-Captain 35 Baseball 1, 2, 35 Treasurer Eleventh Grade: Basketball 1, 2, 35 Monogram Club 1, 2, 3, Secretary and Treasurer 3, Hi-Y Club 1, 2, 35 Junior-Senior Banquet Committee 2, Choir 2, 3, Trattic Force 3, Chairman Lost and Found Committee 35 Student Council 3. IUPIS U H S D FAHEWELL TU H HDI E Dear Harding High we leave thee, But deepest in our hearts Is stored our warmest love of thee With which we ne'er shall part. Throughout our life we'll love thee: We'll praise thy blessed name and sigh, 'Twas there I spent my happiest days- At dear ole Harding High. Into the future now we march With heads and voices high To use this well-earned knowledge Which we wrought in days gone by. With deep regret we leave thee now, But always we shall stand And tell of dear ole Harding High, The Best School in the Land, -BILL STUART, Class Poet, '44, Page Twenty-Hue

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WILLIAM M. WALL S E I D Pt S BILL STUART WTEENY' ' FARR Wittiest Page Twenty-four 'Y Club 1, 2, 35 D. E. Club. WILLIAM WALTERS HBH!!-n DOROTHY GAIL WARREN M. L. L. Club 35 Clinic Assistant 3: Honor Society 2, 35 Junior Marshal 25 Program Committee 25 Junior-Senior Banquet Committee 25 Office Assistant 35 Girl Reserves 15 Stunt Night 2. ETI-IEL NIAE WEssoN ACORIXI Staffg Junior Marshalg Honor Society 1, 2, 35 Treasurer Home Room Ig Junior-Senior Banquet Committee 25 Essay Contest Winner 15 House and Grounds Committee 3. EVELYN BURLE WHERRY Too'rs1E Home Room Representative 15 ACORN Staff 35 Choir 35 Junior-Senior Banquet Committee 25 Leadership Committee. DONALD LEE WILLIAMS .KDONU Traffic Officer 1, 2, 35 Visual Aids Committee 1, 2, Chairman 35 Band 1. 2, 35 Orchestra 35 Flag Attendant 35 ACORN Staff 2, Advertising Manager 35 Student Council 35 Scrap Drive Z.

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HISTUHY UF THE SE IUH EL 55 We, the class of '44, have been on a long flight through the realms of education. Our plane ride has been piloted by many different leaders, and the journey has been eventful, Remember the excitement on the first day of school in September '39. After we had been assigned to home rooms, we were thrilled over changing classes and the locker idea. Although we were in our Hrst year of high school, our class entered into a number of activities. Several of our girls, Harriet Kleckley and Jean Johnston, were attendants in the May Day Festival. During this first year Eddie Rich was president: Edward Wong, vice-president: Jean Johnston, secretary: and Shirley Gibson, treasurer. We completed our first year with a feeling of satisfac- tion and eagerness to begin the next part of our flight. Our second year found us a little more used to the school activities. Mary Lib Jenkins piloted the class through the year successfully with Edward Wong as vice-president, Ruth Shockley as secretary, and Paul Owens as treasurer. Several members of our class, who were in the orchestra, went to Palm Beach, Florida, with the prize winning group. In '41 Banks Nussman led us safely through the many air pockets of education with Franklin Payne as vice-president, Jerry Mundy as secretary, and Grey Lowe as treasurer, Our adviser for this year was Mrs. Nettie Wearn Schulken. The Debaters Club with Mrs. Shore as adviser was added to the school. Our class was represented in football, both on the neld and in the cheering sections. We had completed our junior high studies and entered senior high. This year the school paper, The Hustler, was added to the activities of the school. Again we were represented in football and basketball. That year Jimmy Elliot was pilot. His co-pilot was Teeny Farr, Evelyn Rippy was secretary, and Weber Howell was treasurer while Miss Lide served as our adviser. We entered our junior year under the leadership of Jean Johnston. We had our junior pictures made for the annual. Then time came to start planning the Junior-Senior banquet. Miss Fore, Miss Lide, and Mrs. Heins helped us get it ready. Mrs. John Paul Lucas offered a delightful speech at the banquet held at the Hotel Charlotte in May of '43, Everyone had a wonderful time. There was a dance in the gym after the banquet. No one can realize the 'excitement on a day in May when we ordered our class rings. That made the year end with the feeling that we had accomplished a great deal. Junior marshals were elected. They weref Evelyn Carroll, chief marshalg Mary Lib Jenkins, assistant chief: Jean Johnston, Harriet Kleckley, Evelyn Rippy, Ethel Wesson, Doris Shepherd, Jerry Mundy, Le Bon Jenkins, Eddie Rich, Mary Arden Liles, and Gail Warren. After completing this year we were ready to take the last part of our flight. Eddie Rich led us through the Hrst semester of our senior flight, When our rings came. everyone was thrilled. The whole student body knew of our excitement because we showed them to everyone in sight. Then the time came for making our senior pictures, a fact which added to our feeling of graduation. During the excitement Jean Johnston won the D. A. R. award and superlatives were elected. Sandy Cook and Willie Wingate were co-captains of the football team while Bob McCory and Willie Wingate were co-captains of our basketball team. This year has cast a shadow on our class because of the many boys who had to leave school to join some branch of the service. Time for commencement has rolled around, much to our sorrow and regret. We have completed our Bight on the long route to H. S. diploma and we are sorry it is over but there will be many more journeys to take on the roads of life. JERRY MUNDY, Hzstorian. Page Twenty-six